Homemade Tiger Nut Horchata
Ingredients to make homemade Tiger Nut Horchata:
- 500 grams of dried Tigernut
- 500 grams of Sugar (2½ cups)
- 2 liters of water
How to make homemade tiger nut horchata:
- First of all, to start making this homemade tiger nut horchata you have to wash the tiger nuts perfectly well, changing the water several times so that they do not have dirt.
- Then you have to leave the tiger nuts soaking in cold water for between 12 and 14 hours so that they hydrate, absorb the water and swell. Once you have hydrated tiger nuts, wash them again a few times until the water runs clear and clean, and then drain them.
- Then, in a mortar or in an electric grinder, crush the tiger nuts while adding a little water so that they do not release their own oil from the nuts.
- Next, add the rest of the water to the previous preparation and let the natural tiger nut horchata rest in a cool place for approximately two hours. Once that time has passed, add the sugar and stir well to dissolve it completely.
- Then prepare a large jar or container with a metal strainer and place a fine cloth or gauze moistened with water on top. Then you see straining the homemade tiger nut horchata little by little and at the end, squeeze the gauze or cloth well so that all the drink falls well.
- Finally, put the homemade tiger nut horchata in the fridge and serve it very cold whenever you feel like it, but keep in mind that you have to take it in 2 or 3 days at the most because it doesn’t last longer fresh. You can also take this frozen tigernut drink by putting it in the freezer and stirring it from time to time to break the ice crystals that will form from time to time.
